Claw shade support or holder.



(No Modem E. A. LAW.

Patented Aug. 390m CLAW SHADE SUPPORT 0B HDLDEB.

(Application tiled my 28, 1900.)

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GARRI A. LAV, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLAW SHADE SUPPORT OR HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,723, dated August 14, 1900i. Application filed May 23, 1900. Serial No. 17,648. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CARRIE A. LAW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Claw Shade Support or Holder, of which the following is a specifica-l tion.

One object of the invention is to provide an economical, neat, attractive, and efficient shade support or holder form ed of a continuous piece of spring-wire that may be applied to existing forms of gas or other lighting fiX- tures without changing the shape or disposition of the fixture; and a further object of the invent-ion is to do away with the use of thumb-screws and the like.

To these and other ends the invention consist-s of the improvements hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature, characteristic features, and scope of the invention will be more fully nnderstood from the following description,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof", and in whichma Figure l is aperspective view of the shade support or holder, and Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of the shade support or holder in application to a shade.

In the drawings, a is the shade support or holder, comprising a continuous piece of spring-wirehavingits bight bent toformaring a', which bight is adapted toMit Va gas or other lighting xture. (Not shown.) From the ring a the wire is doubled and twisted to form an arm a2. From the arm a2 the parts of the 'wire diverge and extend for a portion of the circumference of the support or holder to `form a gallery composed of claws bent inward and outward, as at a3, to clamp a shade and bent, as at ai, to form a corrugated support or ledge upon which the shade b' rests. While the number of claws and corrugations may not be important, the number shown in the drawings has given good results in practice, and consists of four claws and three corrugations between each arm, of which three are shown, a2, 0,5, and ai. From the point of diversion from the arm a2 two claws are bent on each side of the arm, then three corruga tions, and then two more claws. From this point the wire is extended inwardly to the ring a', where it is passed through the ring d and twisted outward around the first wire to form adouble thickness, which constitutes the second arm, and thence along the circumL ference of the gallery, forming claws and corrugations, as above described, until another arm is formed in the same manner and two claws, whereupon the two portions of the wire meet and aunion of the wire :is made.

The shade-holder, as described above, is in; tended to supersede those in present use,many of which are provided with small set-screws, which are very annoying to manipulate and which in this invention are not required. The clamping of the shade is accomplished by reason of the spring-like quality of the wire, which firmly clasps the shade through the inclination and disposition of the claws. By reason of this spring-like wire the necessary expansion from heat is compensated for without breakage and is an advantageous feature.

Among the other advantageous features ofl lor electric iixtures, no change is necessaryin the present form of xture, it is very neat and enhances the appearance of a fixture very much by reason of the decorative designs that can be produced, and it also is advantageous in that it does not cast broad shadows.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains that modications may be made in details without departing from the spirit thereof. Hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts hereinabove set forth, and illustratedl in the drawings,- but,

Having thus described the nature and objects oi' the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A shade support or holder comprising a continuous wire bent to form a ring of single wire for a fixture and doubled and twisted to form arms extending outward to a single wire gallery or shade-support, consisting of inclined spring-claws and corrugated ledges along its circumference, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my naine.

CARRIE A. LAW.

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